Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Games:	1964 Summer
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Date:	16 October 1964 (heats) 17 October 1964 (semifinals) 18 October 1964 (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	19
Win Value:	2:06.6
Gold:	Kevin Berry
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Carl Robie
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Fred Schmidt
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1960

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place on 16 and 18 October.^[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:10.0	Q,
2			2:15.1	Q
3			2:17.3
4			2:18.2
5			2:18.3
6			2:32.5

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:11.0	Q
2			2:12.4	Q
3			2:12.9	Q
4			2:16.3	Q
5			2:20.7
6			2:24.9
7			2:28.3

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:15.0	Q
2			2:15.3	Q
3			2:15.5	Q
4			2:16.9	Q
5			2:23.9
6			2:26.6

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:12.6	Q
2			2:15.5	Q
3			2:17.3
4			2:17.9
5			2:18.7
6			2:21.3
7			2:22.5

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:12.8	Q
2			2:13.3	Q
3			2:14.5	Q
4			2:17.2	Q
5			2:20.8
6			2:31.4

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:09.3	Q,
2			2:11.5	Q
3			2:11.9	Q
4			2:11.9	Q
5			2:13.4
6			2:13.5
7			2:13.7
8			2:18.4

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:09.8	Q
2			2:09.9	Q
3			2:12.3	Q
4			2:12.9	Q
5			2:14.1
6			2:15.4
7			2:15.5
8			2:18.1

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			2:06.6	WR
			2:07.5
			2:09.3
4			2:11.0
5			2:11.3
6			2:12.6
7			2:12.8
8			2:14.6

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170210/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-200-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 October 2016 . Sports Reference.